The Forum was a highly respected magazine based in New York City, running from 1885-1950 and publishing authors such as G.K. Chesterton. This single issue is presented as part of the 1910 Collection, a group of 24 magazines published “on or about December 1910,” when, according to Virginia Woolf, “human character changed” and modernity became palpable.

The American Magazine offered illustrated fiction and journalism from 1906 until it closed in 1956. This single issue is presented as part of the 1910 Collection, a group of 24 magazines published “on or about December 1910,” when, according to Virginia Woolf, “human character changed” and modernity became palpable.

Cosmopolitan began as a family magazine in 1886, in New York City, becoming a literary magazine in 1889. Its stature declined during the 1950s with the ascent of the paperback and television, until Helen Gurley Brown turned it into a magazine for the single career woman in 1965. This single issue is presented as part of the 1910 Collection, a group of 24 magazines published “on or about December 1910,” when, according to Virginia Woolf, “human character changed” and modernity became palpable.

Harper’s Magazine began in New York City in 1850, publishing English novelists and social commentary from world leaders. This single issue is presented as part of the 1910 Collection, a group of 24 magazines published “on or about December 1910,” when, according to Virginia Woolf, “human character changed” and modernity became palpable.

Harper’s Weekly was a political magazine in New York City from 1857-1916. This single issue is presented as part of the 1910 Collection, a group of 24 magazines published “on or about December 1910,” when, according to Virginia Woolf, “human character changed” and modernity became palpable.

Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, this magazine ran from 1887 to 1939, offering a wide range of authors and texts from the popular to the highbrow, as well as an abundance of illustrations, art reprints, photographs, and advertising.

With its distinctive mix of art and politics, The Masses remains one of the most important and influential American little magazines.

Mother Earth was a magazine of literature and social science founded by Emma Goldman in 1906. It ran until 1917, when the U.S. government used The Espionage Act during World War I to close the magazine and revoke Goldman’s citizenship, deporting her to the Soviet Union in 1919. This single issue is presented as part of the 1910 Collection, a group of 24 magazines published “on or about December 1910,” when, according to Virginia Woolf, “human character changed” and modernity became palpable.

At the start of the 20th century, McClure’s pioneered “muckraking” journalism and became for a while the most influential magazine in America.

Jointly edited by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, The Smart Set in its heyday was a vehicle for popular modernism, bringing high-quality literature and cultural satire to a broad American audience.